115 West Broadway

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5-story Italianate/Second Empire-style residential building completed in 1865 as a store-and-loft building. Above the first story, the Duane Street facade is faced in sandstone and has six bays of segmental-arched window openings per story. Stone sill courses, springers, and quoins further enhance the design.

The facade is crowned by a bracketed sheet-metal cornice. The West Broadway facade, twelve bays wide, features the same overall design and articulation of detail as the Duane Street facade, although the materials are different. Faced in brick with stone trim above the first story, the facade is framed by projecting three-bay pavilions ornamented with quoined pilasters. The original cast-iron storefront framing, consisting of Corinthian columns and quoined piers supporting an entablature, survives at the first story of both facades.

It has been leased to various tenants that include a paper factory and shoe wholesalers. The upper floors were converted to residential in the 1980s. The ground floor is occupied by Authentic Pre-Owned handbags, Boomerang Toys, Lance Lappin Salon, A Uno Tribeca boutique, and Bikini Bar.